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# Tables

# NIST CSF tables {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated November 5, 2026  
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## Summary of NIST CSF tables

The NIST CSF tables in ServiceNow GRC provide structured tracking and management of cybersecurity activities, controls, risks, and remediation efforts aligned with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
These tables enable comprehensive reporting, gap analysis, and drill-down capabilities to enhance cybersecurity governance and compliance.
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## Key Tables and Their Purpose

* **Target \[sngrctarget\]**: Core table shared across ServiceNow GRC applications to track entities and attributes specific to cybersecurity use-case content packs. Ensures unique entity references per target record.
* **NIST CSF Activity \[snirmnistcsfnistcsfactivity\]**: Tracks cybersecurity activities relevant to targets, facilitating gap analysis to identify gaps, non-compliant controls, risks, issues, failed indicators, and action plans.
* **Gaps \[snirmnistcsfm2mpolicystatenistcsfact\]**: Tracks unimplemented control objectives as gaps, supporting reporting and drill-down. Connects gaps to targets via a many-to-many relationship.
* **Non-compliant Control \[snirmnistcsfm2mcxontrolsnistcsfact\]**: Tracks controls identified as non-compliant per the framework core, aiding detailed reporting and association with targets.
* **Risk \[snirmnistcsfm2mrisksnistcsfactivities\]**: Tracks risks linked to implemented cybersecurity controls, supporting detailed risk management and reporting tied to targets.
* **Issue \[snirmnistcsfm2missuesnistcsfact\]**: Tracks issues related to controls and associated risks, providing visibility into problems impacting cybersecurity objectives.
* **Action Plan \[snirmnistcsfm2mremediationnistcsfact\]**: Tracks remediation tasks or action plans addressing identified issues, enabling effective resolution management linked to targets.
* **Failed Indicators \[snirmnistcsfm2mindicatorsnistcsfact\]**: Tracks failed indicators related to targets, controls, or risks, supporting monitoring of compliance and control effectiveness.
* **Related Control Objectives \[sncompliancem2mpolicystmtpolicystmt\]**: Manages associations between control objectives at the same hierarchical level, extending beyond parent-child relationships for enhanced control mapping.

## Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

* Enables detailed tracking and management of cybersecurity activities and compliance status aligned with NIST CSF.
* Supports gap analysis and identification of non-compliance, risks, issues, and failed indicators to prioritize remediation efforts.
* Facilitates comprehensive reporting and drill-down capabilities for informed decision-making and audit readiness.
* Allows systematic association of action plans and remediation tasks to specific targets and controls for effective risk mitigation.
* Provides a structured framework to relate and manage control objectives for better governance and alignment with organizational cybersecurity goals.  
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| Table | Purpose |
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| Target \[sn_grc_target\] | Target is a core table of design to be shared component among the ServiceNow GRC application and GRC use-case content packs.Target is like entity in its purpose, but is used to track any attributes specific to use-case content packs. No two target records can reference the same entity at any time. |
| NIST CSF Activity \[sn_irm_nist_csf_nist_csf_activity\] | NIST CSF Activity table is used to track cybersecurity activity relevant for a target. The activity also helps in performing gap analysis that identifies the gaps, non-complaint controls, risks, issues, failed indicators and action plans for a cybersecurity activity. |
| Gaps \[sn_irm_nist_csf_m2m_policy_state_nist_csf_act\] | Gaps table in NIST CSF is used to track control objectives that aren't yet implemented as gaps. This table comes handy for reporting and drill down purposes. It's an m2m table that associates Gaps to Targets. |
| Non-compliant Control \[sn_irm_nist_csf_m2m_cxontrols_nist_csf_act\] | Non-compliant Control table in NIST CSF is used to track controls that are identified as non-compliant. Only cybersecurity control objectives as defined by the framework core which are implemented as controls and non-compliant are tracked. This table comes handy for reporting and drill down purposes. It's an m2m table that associates Non-compliant Controls to Targets. |
| Risk \[sn_irm_nist_csf_m2m_risks_nist_csf_activities\] | Risk table in NIST CSF is used to track risks that are associated with controls that have been implemented for cybersecurity control objectives as defined by the framework core. This table comes handy for reporting and drill down purposes. It's an m2m table that associates Risks to Targets. |
| Issue \[sn_irm_nist_csf_m2m_issues_nist_csf_act\] | Issue table in NIST CSF is used to track issues that are associated with controls that have been implemented for cybersecurity control objectives as defined by the framework core. Issues of risks associated with these controls are also included in the metric. This table comes handy for reporting and drill down purposes. It's an m2m table that associates Issues to Targets. |
| Action Plan \[sn_irm_nist_csf_m2m_remediation_nist_csf_act\] | Action Plan table in NIST CSF is used to track the action plans that are identified for the issues. This table comes handy for reporting and drill down purposes. It's an m2m table that associates Action Plans (remediation tasks) to Targets. |
| Failed Indicators \[sn_irm_nist_csf_m2m_indicators_nist_csf_act\] | Failed indicators table in NIST CSF is used to track the failed indicators of the target and the control or risk. This table comes handy for reporting and drill down purposes. It's an m2m table that associates Failed Indicators to Targets. |
| Related Control Objectives \[sn_compliance_m2m_policy_stmt_policy_stmt\] | Related Control Objectives table in NIST CSF is used to track the associations between control objectives. In base implementation, parent and child control objectives are supported, but this table introduces a concept to relate the control objectives at the same level. |
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